Using Your Brain —for a CHANGE

Everything a human being can do is an achievement, depending only on where, and when, and for what, it is utilized. Each of both of you can do something about that, because each of both of you is going to drive your own bus. Now that you know how, the interesting question is where? When you can't drive your bus, it doesn't matter much where you try to go, because you won't get there anyway. When you learn how to use your brain, that question becomes crucially important. Some people drive in circles. Some people take the same route every day. Some people take the same route, but it takes them a month instead of a day.

There is so much more inside our minds than we suspect. There is so much more outside than we are capable of being curious about. It's only that growing sense of curiosity that allows you to capture the enthusiasm that makes even the most mundane, or the most fascinating task worthwhile, fun, and intriguing. Without that, life is nothing more than waiting in line. You can master the art of tapping your foot while you wait in line, or you can do much more. And I have a surprise for you. I've found out that the after–life begins with a long wait in line. You'd better have some fun now, because those who enjoy themselves and do things that are worth doing with a great sense of curiosity get to stand in a shorter line than those who have only developed the ability to wait in line.

No matter where you are or what you are doing, the skills, the techniques and the tools that you have acquired here serve as the basis for amusing yourself, and for learning something new. That man who flew with me to Texas, and explained to me what NLP was, is only different from me in one way. The next morning when he sat down and looked up and saw me, and thought, "Oh, my God!" he didn't realize that I learned something from him. That is the only difference between me and him. I didn't do it to make a fool out of him; I did it in order to learn, because I was curious. It was a rare and unprecedented opportunity. And so is every other experience in your life.

Appendix I Submodality Distinctions

The list below is not complete, and the order of listing is irrelevant. What distinctions do you make internally that you can add to this list?

One useful way to subdivide kinesthetic sensations is the following:

1) Tactile: the skin senses.

2) Proprioceptive: the muscle senses and other internal sensations.

3) Evaluative meta–feelings ABOUT other perceptions or representations, also called emotions, feelings, or visceral kinesthetics which are usually represented in the chest and/or abdomen or along the mid–line of the torso. These feelings are not direct sensations/perceptions, but are representations derived from other sensations/perceptions.

Olfactory and Gustatory (smell and taste)

The terms used by psychophysics experimenters (sweet, sour, bitter, salt, burnt, aromatic, etc.) probably won't be useful. The fading in or out (changes in intensity and/or duration) of a particular taste or smell that you identify as relevant in someone's experience may be quite useful. Odors and tastes are very powerful anchors for states.

Appendix II Richard Bandler Videotapes

Client Sessions: Set 1

The most recent demonstrations of Richard Bandler's client work are now available from specially scheduled sessions in 1987.

1. Shyness. A 40–year–otd man is helped to overcome his shyness with women. Follow–up. (45 min., $50)

2. Paranoid Schizophrenia. Richard works with a 27–year–old man who has had serious difficulties since he was 12. In two sessions Richard begins the process of teaching him how to control his mind. A special feature of this tape is that Richard spends 40 minutes commenting on his work in the second session. (115 Min.,

$85)

3. Hypnotic Inductions. In a three–day personal change workshop, Richard demonstrates inductions for Skill Learning (skiing), Anesthesia and Healing (nose surgery), and Weight Loss (two sessions). Follow–up interviews are included for the Anesthesia and Weight Loss. (75 min., $65)

Special Set price is $170, including Special 4th Class mailing within the U.S. Specify VHS or Beta. Also available in PAL and SECAM. Foreign orders, please pay in U.S. Dollars drawn on a U.S. Bank. Call or write for postage charges outside of the U.S. Order from: NLP Comprehensive, 2897 Valmont Rd., Boulder, CO 80301, (303)442–1102.

Client Sessions: Set 2

Richard Bandler demonstrates clinical applications of NLP methods in three half–hour studio–quality videotape sessions with clients. (Transcripts of these sessions appear in his book Magic in Action.)